Liberato Cacace

Empoli

Born on : September 27, 2000 (24 years) at Wellington

Nationality : New Zealand Italy

Height : 1m70

Number of international caps : 30 (1 goal)

First cap : vs Chinese Taipei 05/06/2018

First international goal : vs Tahiti 27/03/2022

2023-2024
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019

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Current season statistics (2024/2025)

6 clean sheets 15 Goals conceded

0 Goals 5 Assists

18 Played matches 1022 Minutes played

4 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Left full-back	73%

Cacace's career statisticsLast updated on 02/12/2024 at 22:35

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

2024/2025

Empoli

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Empoli	Coppa Italia	2	1	2		180	13	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%
Empoli	Serie A Enilive	10	2	8	3	414	13	30%	11	71%	4	30%	40%	30%
New Zealand	Friendlies	3		4	1	248	13	100%		100%		33%	33%	33%
New Zealand	World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Zone	3	2	1	2	180	13	67%	1	100%		100%	0%	0%

2023/2024

Empoli

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Empoli	Coppa Italia	1		1		67	13	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Empoli	Serie A TIM	31	1	29	9	1911	13	58%	19	82%	6	29%	23%	48%
New Zealand	Friendlies	4		6		347	13	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%
New Zealand	Friendlies	2		1	1	180	13	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%
New Zealand	OFC Nations Cup	3	2		3	270	13	100%		75%		100%	0%	0%

2022/2023

Empoli

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Empoli	Coppa Italia					3		1	0%
Empoli	Serie A TIM	12	9	1	586	3	42%	33	32%	1	0%	50%	50%
New Zealand	Friendlies	2	3		160	13	100%		100%	1	0%	0%	100%
New Zealand	Friendlies	3	5	1	270	13	100%		100%		33%	33%	33%

2021/2022

Empoli

290

756

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Empoli	Serie A	10			9	2	466	21	50%	10	67%	1	20%	30%	50%
New Zealand	World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Zone	2	1	110		1	110	13	50%	2	40%	1	100%	0%	0%
New Zealand	Friendlies	1			1		90	13	100%		50%		0%	0%	100%
New Zealand	World Cup Qualifying	1			1		90	13	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%

2021/2022

Sint-Truiden

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Sint-Truiden	Jupiler Pro League	23			26	4	1484	13	70%	7	92%	2	30%	13%	57%
New Zealand	Friendlies	3			1	2	270	0	100%		100%	1	100%	0%	0%
N-Zélande Olympic	Olympic Games	4	1	390	3	3	390	3	100%			1	25%	50%	25%

2020/2021

Sint-Truiden

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Sint-Truiden	Jupiler Pro League	27		2			37	8	2423	13	100%		87%	5		33%	22%	44%
Sint-Truiden	Croky Cup	1					1		90	13	100%		50%			0%	0%	100%

2019/2020

Wellington

746

776

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Wellington	Hyundai A-League	25	3	1	746		29	5	2239	13	100%		93%	4	1	48%	20%	32%
New Zealand	Friendlies	1		1			3		90	3	100%		50%			0%	0%	100%

2018/2019

Wellington

2317

2437

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Wellington	A-League	26	1	2	2317	40	4	2317	13	100%		93%	4	42%	27%	31%
Wellington	FFA Cup	1				2		120	13	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Wellington B	ISPS Handa Premiership	2				6		180	0	100%			1	0%	0%	100%
N-Zélande U-20	U-20 World Cup	3		1		1	2	300	13	100%	1		1	67%	33%	0%

2017/2018

Wellington

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Wellington	A-League	7	14		551	26	86%	3	26%	1	14%	14%	71%
Wellington	FFA Cup	1			86	13	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
New Zealand	Friendlies	2	1	1	180	21	100%	1	50%	1	100%	0%	0%
Wellington B	ISPS Handa Premiership	13	30	2	1126	0	92%	1		2	31%	23%	46%

2016/2017

Wellington B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Wellington B	Stirling Sports Premiership	8					12		472	37	50%	4	44%			25%	13%	63%

Total

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Full back's Position World Ranking883

Full back's Position National Ranking (New Zealand)1

Full back's Position League Ranking (Serie A Enilive)32

2024's Number of Matches World Ranking570

2024's Assists World Ranking776

2024's Number of Victories World Ranking>1000

2024's Minimum Losses World Ranking (Min. 30 games played)366

Rankings updated on 28/11/2024

Player's titles

Victories

OFC Nations Cup

2024

Transfers

31/01/22 >	Empoli	Loan
28/08/20 > 31/01/22	Sint-Truiden	1.2 M€
01/07/17 > 28/08/20	Wellington
01/07/16 > 01/07/17	Wellington B

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Player career by clubLast updated on 01/12/2024 at 14:41

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Empoli	66		4		3624	12		52%34	24%16	45%30
New Zealand	30	1	5	2485	2485	4		93%28	50%15	33%10
N-Zélande Olympic	4	1		390	390	1		100%4	25%1	25%1
N-Zélande U-20	3		1		300	1		100%3	67%2	0%0
Sint-Truiden	51		2		3997	7		86%44	31%16	51%26
Wellington	60	4	3	1328	5313	9	1	98%59	40%24	37%22
Wellington B	23				1778	3		78%18	26%6	57%13

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Tahiti	3	3	1	2
Melbourne V.	8	1	0	1
AC Monza	4	1	0	0
Melbourne City	4	4	0	0
Napoli	3	3	0	0
Cagliari	3	1	0	0
Cercle Brugge	3	2	0	0
Beerschot VA	3	2	0	0
Kortrijk	3	1	0	1
Vanuatu	3	3	0	2
Wanderers	8	4	1	0
Brisbane	7	2	0	0
Udinese	5	0	0	1
CC Mariners	5	5	2	0
AC Milan	4	0	0	0
Bologna	4	0	0	0
Fiorentina	4	1	0	0
Atalanta	4	1	0	0
Adelaide Utd	4	1	0	0
Hawke's Bay	3	0	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Sydney FC	7	5	14
RC Genk	4	4	9
Club Brugge	4	4	7
Canterbury	4	4	14
Perth Glory	6	4	15
Wanderers	8	4	16
Australia	3	3	5
Lazio	3	3	6
Atalanta	4	3	7
AC Milan	3	2	2
Inter Milan	2	2	5
Udinese	5	2	7
Bologna	4	2	5
Hellas	4	2	5
AC Monza	4	2	4
Sassuolo	3	2	8
Anderlecht	3	2	5
Charleroi	3	2	3
Zulte-Waregem	3	2	5
Eupen	3	2	4

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2024/2025	Empoli	42%	25%	12	0%	25%	4	-
2023/2024	Empoli	28%	50%	32	0%	71%	7	Extremely positive
2022/2023	Empoli	0%	50%	12	37%	37%	27	Extremely negative
2021/2022	Empoli	20%	50%	10	0%	40%	5	-
2021/2022	Sint-Truiden	30%	57%	23	33%	33%	3	-
2020/2021	Sint-Truiden	32%	46%	28	20%	60%	5	-
2019/2020	Wellington	48%	32%	25	0%	100%	2	-
2018/2019	Wellington	41%	30%	27	0%	100%	2	-
2017/2018	Wellington	13%	75%	8	19%	57%	21	Negative
2016/2017	Wellington B	25%	63%	8	40%	30%	10	Very negative

Key figures

He hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 4 at home matches

Cacace has won for the national team the last 4 at home matches

The player hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 5 at home matches

The player has won for the national team the last 4 matches

The player hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 5 matches

He has played in the first 11 for the national team in each of the last 17 away from home matches

Cacace has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 11 away from home matches

The player has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 13 matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Games	Score	First times
Wellington Phoenix B
23/10/2016	Wellington B - East. Sub.	1 - 2	First match with the club, first loss
30/10/2016	TW - Wellington B	1 - 2	First start, first victory
Wellington Phoenix
02/02/2018	Sydney FC - Wellington	4 - 0	First match with the club, first loss
11/02/2018	Western Sydney - Wellington	4 - 0	First start
14/04/2018	Wellington - Melbourne City	2 - 1	First victory
09/03/2019	CC Mariners - Wellington	2 - 8	First goal
20/10/2019	Sydney FC - Wellington	2 - 1	First red card
Sint-Truiden
26/09/2020	Mechelen - Sint-Truiden	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
25/10/2020	Sint-Truiden - Standard	2 - 0	First victory
Empoli
06/02/2022	Bologna - Empoli	0 - 0	First match with the club
19/02/2022	Sampdoria - Empoli	2 - 0	First loss
26/02/2022	Empoli - Juventus	2 - 3	First start
24/04/2022	Empoli - Napoli	3 - 2	First victory

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 01/12/2024 at 14:41

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Serie A	Serie A	63			3	3377	49%31		22%14	32%20	46%29
Coppa Italia	Coppa Italia	3			1	247	100%3		67%2		33%1
Jupiler Pro League	Jupiler Pro League	50			2	3907	86%43		32%16	18%9	50%25
Belgian Cup	Belgian Cup	1				90	100%1				100%1
NZNL	New Zealand National League	23				1778	78%18		26%6	17%4	57%13
A-League	A-League	58	4	1277	3	5107	98%57	1	41%24	22%13	36%21
Australia Cup	Australia Cup	2				206	100%2			50%1	50%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	21			1	1835	100%21		33%7	24%5	43%9
OFC Nations Cup	OFC Nations Cup	3			2	270	100%3		100%3
Olympic Games	Olympic Games	4	1	390		390	100%4		25%1	50%2	25%1
WCQOZ	World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Zone	5	1	290	2	290	60%3		100%5
U-20 World Cup	U-20 World Cup	3			1	300	100%3		67%2	33%1
World Cup Qualifying	World Cup Qualifying	1				90	100%1				100%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2024/2025	Empoli	1	10	16	13	3	7	3	10	11
2023/2024	Empoli	1	17	36	38	9	9	20	29	54
2022/2023	Empoli	1	14	43	38	10	13	15	37	49
2021/2022	Empoli	1	14	41	38	10	11	17	50	70
2021/2022	Sint-Truiden	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	2	1
2020/2021	Sint-Truiden	1	15	38	34	10	8	16	41	52
2019/2020	Wellington	1	3	36	20	11	3	6	33	23
2018/2019	Wellington	1	6	40	27	11	7	9	46	43
2017/2018	Wellington	1	9	21	27	5	6	16	31	55
2016/2017	Wellington B	1	7	19	17	5	4	8	22	32

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
November 30, 2024	30/11		Round 14	AC Milan	3 - 0	Empoli	45 Minutes
November 25, 2024	25/11		Round 13	Empoli	1 - 1	Udinese	90 Minutes	1
November 18, 2024	18/11	WCQOZ	Round 3	Samoa	0 - 8	New Zealand	27 Minutes
November 15, 2024	15/11	WCQOZ	Round 2	New Zealand	8 - 1	Vanuatu	90 Minutes	2
November 08, 2024	08/11		Round 12	Lecce	1 - 1	Empoli	79 Minutes	1
November 04, 2024	04/11		Round 11	Empoli	1 - 0	Como	7 Minutes
October 30, 2024	30/10		Round 10	Empoli	0 - 3	Inter Milan	90 Minutes
October 27, 2024	27/10		Round 9	Parma	1 - 1	Empoli	On the bench
October 20, 2024	20/10		Round 8	Empoli	0 - 1	Napoli	On the bench
October 14, 2024	14/10		Intercontinental	New Zealand	4 - 0	Malaysia	68 Minutes
October 11, 2024	11/10	WCQOZ	Round 1	New Zealand	3 - 0	Tahiti	63 Minutes
October 06, 2024	06/10		Round 7	Lazio	2 - 1	Empoli	38 Minutes
September 29, 2024	29/09		Round 6	Empoli	0 - 0	Fiorentina	On the bench
September 24, 2024	24/09		2nd round	Torino	1 - 2	Empoli	90 Minutes
September 20, 2024	20/09		Round 5	Cagliari	0 - 2	Empoli	18 Minutes
September 14, 2024	14/09		Round 4	Empoli	0 - 0	Juventus	On the bench
September 10, 2024	10/09		Intercontinental	United States	1 - 1	New Zealand	90 Minutes
September 07, 2024	07/09		Intercontinental	Mexico	3 - 0	New Zealand	90 Minutes
August 31, 2024	31/08		Round 3	Bologna	1 - 1	Empoli	19 Minutes
August 25, 2024	25/08		Round 2	AS Roma	1 - 2	Empoli	28 Minutes
August 17, 2024	17/08		Round 1	Empoli	0 - 0	AC Monza	0 minute
August 10, 2024	10/08		First round	Empoli	4 - 1	Catanzaro	90 Minutes	1

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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